Microsoft
The New York Times, 8/28/03: Microsoft Readies New Version of MSN
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- When Microsoft Corp. unveiled a multimillion-dollar makeover of its MSN Internet-browsing software last fall, the company had 9 million subscribers and a $300 million marketing campaign designed to draw hordes of new customers.
It didn't quite work out the way Microsoft envisioned. Today, the software company has 400,000 fewer MSN subscribers than it did a year ago.
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TechTarget, 8/28/03: Exchange 5.5 users get one more year of support
By Margie Semilof, SearchWin2000.com Senior News Writer
Companies still using Exchange Server 5.5 will get one more year of support as they continue their conversions to the next version of Microsoft's messaging platform.
Microsoft said this week that it will waive fees for the first year of extended support for Exchange 5.5, from Jan. 1, 2004, to Dec. 31, 2004. Customers can buy an additional year of extended support, which would end Dec. 31, 2005.
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Security
CIO Insight, 8/03: How to Improve Your IT Security Policy: A Six Sigma Approach
By Gary Lynch and Karen Avery
Most companies have security policies, but few can claim with certainty they are effective. How can CIOs improve their policies and win the active support of management and staff? Try using the Six Sigma method to overcome the litany of problems most CIOs face.
You have a security policy. But is it effective? For many companies, chances are the answer is no; more likely, it is slowing down service, increasing costs and disrupting day-to-day operations. No wonder that compliance is not what it should be. In truth, having a policy that's not aligned with business needs may be worse than having none at all. The illusion of security is no match for the real thing.
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Investor’s Business Daily, 8/28/03: Worm, Virus Damage May Cost Businesses Up To $13 Bil In 2003
BY DONNA HOWELL
Barring surprises, the expense of big Internet worm and virus attacks in 2003 will fall short of the boom year, 2000. But this year's running tab still looks far from cheap. It's on track to top last year's $11 billion-plus.
August's can of worms has probably cost world businesses $1.5 billion to $2 billion, says tech economist Mark McManus. He's still working on subtotals for each of several attacks that hit this month.
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SATN Blog, 8/27/03: Spam Assassinated!
Apparently Spam Assassin really doesn't like me. If you wonder why you haven't heard from me; it's because I don't fit into the arbitrary assumptions built into this "filter". Well, technically it just doesn't like my mail but it is personal since it is judging how I express myself and thus is judging me. The distinction is meaningless -- if my mail doesn't get through I am being filtered out. In judging my glyphs it is impugning my character.
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Collaborative Technologies
Editor and Publisher, 8/27/03: With E-mail Dying, RSS Offers Alternative
Publishers Must Find New Delivery Methods
Who'd have thought that things could get this bad? E-mail -- long touted as the "killer app" of the Internet and the best online channel for publishers -- is rapidly being decimated by spammers and virus writers. Yes, "decimated" is an accurate word. The evidence is quickly mounting that e-mail is no longer an efficient means for ethical publishers to reach subscribers.
Indeed, some e-mail publishers are starting to think the unthinkable -- giving up on e-mail and moving to other means of reaching subscribers. Yeah, that sounds pretty radical. But with e-mail under siege and no relief in sight, radical measures are required.
It's time to move on to something that's (we hope) spam-proof. You've probably heard about RSS, which stands for Rich Site Summary, and is sometimes called Really Simple Syndication. With e-mail on a rapid decline, RSS is the heir apparent. Now all publishers need to do is figure out how to make a business of RSS content distribution.
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Optimism
The Wall Street Journal, 8/28/03: Bets Are On Again
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Are Getting Into the Action Again
By ANN GRIMES
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- High technology's main street is showing signs of life again.
Sand Hill Road, the swank address here for many major venture-capital firms, has long symbolized Silicon Valley's start-ups. As technology went into a tailspin, the financiers in the low-slung office buildings near Stanford University all but stopped pouring money into new companies. Many venture capitalists left the business; those that remained hunkered down to try to fix, close or sell ailing tech concerns.
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